Van Gaal: “The players and the board are thrilled”

(GSM) – Dutch coach Louis van Gaal enjoyed his finest hour at Bayern Munich on Tuesday night. The tactician knew it promised to be a hard task to advance to the next round but Bayern thrashed Juventus (1-4) and finished the job. “All the players are thrilled, and so is the board.”

Van Gaal said his team met all his assignments in Turin. “The first half was superb, almost perfect,” Van Gaal said. “I said nothing at half-time, and that doesn’t happen very often. “I just said it was great, and we’ll win if we carry on the same way. And that’s exactly what happened.

“The difference with what happened in October and what happens now is goals. We’re producing the goals we couldn’t make back then.

“We’ve played exceptionally well away to Juventus, a leading Italian team, that doesn’t happen a lot,” Van Gaal added. “We’ll be even more confident now. But on Saturday we’ll have to be at our best to beat Bochum. They are a typical German team, and it’s always difficult winning there.”